To Get Snowden Interview, NBC News Relied on Secrecy — Brian Williams met Edward J. Snowden in the Kempinski Hotel in Moscow last week after months of negotiations between NBC News and intermediaries for Mr. Snowden. — The conversation, which lasted more than four hours …

Say again, Senator, ACA unkynected? — Sen. Mitch McConnell has some explaining to do. — What in the world did he mean last week when he told reporters that repeal of the Affordable Care Act — “root and branch,” as he has demanded many times — is “unconnected” to the future of Kynect, Kentucky's health insurance exchange?

‘This Is How Wars End in the 21st Century’ — The new unsettling normal of victory. — SGT John Pacarello rests along a ridgeline following a patrol up a mountainside near Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shank on March 31, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The Real Origins of the Religious Right — They'll tell you it was abortion. Sorry, the historical record's clear: It was segregation. — One of the most durable myths in recent history is that the religious right, the coalition of conservative evangelicals and fundamentalists …

Ralph Hall loses Texas GOP runoff — Seventeen-term Rep. Ralph Hall on Tuesday became the first incumbent to lose renomination this cycle, after the Texas Republican was ousted by former U.S. Attorney John Ratcliffe in a primary runoff. — With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Ratcliffe led Hall, 53 percent to 47 percent.

First on CNN: First major TV ad on VA scandal — Washington (CNN) — The Veterans Affairs scandal's been a major issue on the campaign trail the past couple of weeks. Now it's front and center in the campaign ad wars. — Crossroads GPS, the non-profit sister organization to American Crossroads …

Bosworth attacks misogyny, media in chaotic news conference — Standing in front of a profane backdrop created by her own campaign, an emotional Annette Bosworth condemned criticism of her, blasted the media, addressed her alleged scandals and even issued a book recommendation in a free-wheeling news conference Tuesday.

Beverly Young: I'm running against David Jolly in '16 — Democrats failed to find a candidate to challenge Republican David Jolly for the congressional seat long held by the late C.W. Bill Young, but they may have one lined up for 2016: Beverly Young, the congressman's widow who campaigned for Jolly earlier this year.

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